The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002. Summarise the information by selecting a reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

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bar graph provides the

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of telephone calls of three different types in the UK between 1995 and 2002. From the bar chart,

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of local fixed line calls fluctuated, meanwhile, both numbers of national and international fixed line calls and calls on mobiles showed an upward trend. Between 1995 and 1999, the

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of local fixed line calls grew steadily and reached its peak at 90 billion

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, for the following three years, the

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dropped to the same low point as 1995 about 72 billion

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, two other categories rose annually. The

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of national and international fixed-line calls climbed slowly and stably, it grew by about three to four

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on average every year. For

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mobile calls, as is shown, the

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rose gradually and rocketed from1999 to 2002, the

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rose by over 5 billion

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year by year.

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, it can be seen from the bar chart that the way people used to call had changed slowly over the period. The tendency to use mobiles and calls on national and international fixed-line increased. Local fixed-line calls were popular over the whole period but had a downward trend compared to the other two categories.